2021 in the European Union
Events from 2021 in the European Union.
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Events
January
- 6 January - The European Medicines Agency approves the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for use within the European Union.[1][2]
March
- 3 March - Hungary's Fidesz party led by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán decided to leave the EPP Group, after the EPP Group's new rules.[3][4]
April
- 1 April – The Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, and Italian former Minister of the Interior and leader of Northern League Matteo Salvini vists Hungary to meet with Hungarian Prime Minister: Viktor Orbán. It was wildly reported by the media they talked about forming a New Nationalist Conservative political group of the European Parliament to counter European People's Party group.[5][6][7]
July
- 2 July – The leaders of “right-wing parties” from 16 EU countries, signs in several European capitals a document calling for deep reform of the EU. The document is signed by Hungary's Viktor Orbán Fidesz, Poland's Jarosław Kaczyński Law and Justice, Finland's Finns Party, Italy's Brothers of Italy and Lega , Spain's VOX, France's Marine le Pen National Rally, Bulgaria's VMRO, Austria's Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), Belgium's (Vlaams Belang), Denmark's Danish People's Party, Estonia's EKRE, Greece's Greek Solution, Netherlands(Ja21), Lithuania (Lietuvos lenkų rinkimų akcija) and Romania (Partidul Național Țărănesc Creștin Democrat.[8][9]
- 14 July — The Polish Constitutional Tribunal rules that any interim measures from the top European court against Poland's judicial reforms were "not in line" with the Polish constitution. the Polish justice minister, Zbigniew Ziobro, said the constitutional court’s decision was “against interference, usurpation and legal aggression by organs of the European Union”.[10][11][12]
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References
- Meijer, Bart H.; Mason, Josephine (2021-01-06). Neely, Jason; Char, Pravin (eds.). "UPDATE 3-EU regulator approves Moderna vaccine as fears grow over virus variants". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
- "Coronavirus: EU health authority approves Moderna vaccine". Deutsche Welle. 2020-01-06. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
- "Hungary's Fidesz party to leave European parliament centre-right group". the Guardian. 2021-03-03. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- "Orbán's Fidesz quits EPP group in European Parliament". POLITICO. 2021-03-03. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- Zsiros, Sandor (2021-04-01). "Orbán, Salvini and Morawiecki form new right-wing European alliance". euronews. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- "Populist EU Leaders Seek 'Renaissance,' Fail to Form New Party". Bloomberg.com. April 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- "Orban plots new populist alliance for European parliament". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- "Orbán, le Pen, Salvini, Kaczyński join forces to impact on the future of EU". 2 July 2021.
- "Poland's Law and Justice Signs Joint Declaration with Euroskeptic Parties".
- "Poland's judicial reform 'not compatible' with EU law, Court of Justice rules". 15 July 2021.
- "Poland's top court rejects EU court injunctions as invalid".
- "'Legal Polexit': Poland court rules EU measures unconstitutional". 14 July 2021.
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